With its Ukraine peace plan, China seeks to make itself indispensable on the world stage
Jennifer Welsh is a professor of global governance and security at McGill University, where she directs the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies.included fiery speeches from the two main opponents, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as Ukraine’s strongest Western supporter, Joe Biden. Yet diplomatic attention was also focused on China – a potent reminder that as the newest global superpower, it too is a crucial player in this unfolding conflict.
There were two questions about China circulating last week. First, would it ramp up its assistance to Russia, as part of its “no limits” friendship, to include lethal aid? And second, would it force the West into a serious discussion about peace negotiation through its promise of a plan for a “political settlement” to the conflict?
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